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how about a twinkie -- they last forever and would have consistent amount of sugar;)
Drinking large amounts of glucose water or that "Go Lightly" solution is nauseating! And if you vomit it up, you have to repeat the prep if you want to continue with the test.
I like the Twinkie idea above. They're a known size and widely available.
Let them eat cake!
What I find fascinating is that the "real world" test, the muffin, seems to have identified more folks with glucose intolerance than the drink did. So earlier intervention could prevent full blown diabetes.
I would think in today's world that would be a plus.
Unless you have stock in the Glucose Liquid Company....
I don't know if I have a glucose intolerance, but I definitely have a gluten intolerance. Eating a muffin would send me to the hospital and might kill me. Arbitrarily saying that people should switch from a glucose solution test for diabetes, to a muffin test is stupid and criminal. Gluten intolerance, especially with respect to wheat, is fairly common. Think again.
Geesh lighten up a little.
I'm sure your Dr. not going to jam a muffin down your throat, without your knowledge.
Glucose intolerance is found in around 15% of the population while gluten intolerance is found in less than 1% of the population. Since physicians are aware of both, it is doubtful a doctor would use the muffin without knowing your gluten tolerance. It makes a good case for having a doctor familiar with you rather than just popping into a clinic where you are a new face when you need health care.
There is no reason not to use both - one for those who have a glutton problem and the other for the balance. As a diabetic and a nurse - all you need is something to raise your blood sugar and then watch how long it takes your body to deal with it. It did not detect mine so?
If you have a "glutton" problem it is more likely you will have a diabetes problem.
At our medical center, there is an alternate glucose test for people who can't tolerate the drink. Two slices Wonder Bread and 5 Tbsp Welch's grape jelly. Seems cheap enough to me, and it's already standardized as far as sugar content.
How about a Southern breakfast -- a Co' Cola & a Moon Pie!
Like all pregnant women, I had a glucose tolerance test at a certain point in both my pregnancies to test for gestational diabetes. Had to drink the nasty stuff. Had no diabetes, thank God. I'm done having babies but............I WANT MY MUFFIN!!!
Oh my gosh, that stuff makes me sick. I don't ever drink sugary drinks and when pg with my twins had to drink it. It made me sooo sick, especially on an empty stomach. I guess it never occurred to them to simply make a bar or muffin or something that is standard? A cereal bar would have good shelf life and be much more realistic than those nasty drinks. For the gluten intolerant of course the drink should be available.
Does it occur to them that giving people something they might not actually dread just might get more people to test? Not only do most people not drink pure sugar drinks on a fasting stomach for a very good reason...ewww....they ruin the test when you get sick on them. I would have been fine with fasting and then eating a cereal bar or something.
The worst part of pregnancy is the glucose test. Most doctors don't even use the glucose test outside of pregnancy. They rely on A1C and fasting blood sugar to diagnose diabetes. I think the point is moot, but there are lots of food with standard contents out there in the world. Why not try something else?
A1c only shows the past 3 months of blood sugar levels and if you are like me, then mine showed like it was a normal person's A1c because they randomly caught my diabetes in the "honeymoon" period as my pancreas was giving its last kicks of life. And a fasting BS isn't entirely accurate, it is more of a warning sign for pre diabetes and diabetes a like. So the glucose test really shows how you body will react to a serious intake of sugar/ carbs. Another thing is that I got misdiagnoised with type 2 diabetes at the beginning because my blood showed in over load of insulin that didnt work with my body. I had to have additional blood tests showing that I had high levels of antibodies which showed my body was attacking my pancreas. Definitely a type 1 with that.
I am all for some other test or at least something a little better. My nurse tried to put it in the fridge to make it more like chugging a soda but that still didn't help. I would say chugging a flat sugary soda would taste so much better and work just as well. Especially since I drink a little sugary soda for lows!
The biggest problem with the muffin test test is how will the doctors charge $500 for a muffin? The glucose drink, not a problem, but even consumers without a clue might think $500 for a muffin is a bit high.
Hey if the DoD can pay $50 per muffin at meetings, $500 is great deal at the Drs. office.
The DOD did not pay $50 per muffin, they paid $16 for at least two dozen that has been explained. There is no $50 muffin. Unless of course you persist to imagine it.
Actually there have been other options for years. One is a jelly bean option (so many jelly beans eaten in specific time frame), another is after the baseline test you go to IHOP and eat a specific meal. You also have to make sure the person telling you to drink the solution knows the proper test procedure - you have to drink that nasty stuff in a set amount of time. It is probably more reliable to just get a HgA1C test and not bother with drinking that junk.
Even though I have a sweet tooth, even I found it hard to keep down that disgusting sugar drink. Not only that, but the nurse messed up and made me drink 2 bottles of it because she misread the instructions about how fast I had to drink the bottle so the test would not have worked. Therefore, I was forced to chug down a second bottle. It was awfully sweet, I had to hold my nose to swallow that second bottle in the allotted time and then I vomited it, so I had to drink a 3rd bottle! That was torture. The muffin sounds a lot more easy to digest than the liquid solution and sounds more appetizing.
And we can use the "Muffin Top" test as a method to telling people to lose weight before they develop Type 2 Diabetes.
I would recommend going over to Cinnabon the the morning and picking up a
pack of Cinnabon and frosting the day before the test, oh ya don't forget the milk
have your patient down a cinnabon and that milk and they not only with get a suger spike they will love you for it.
I hated that glucose test... they gave me like orange soda that had been spiked with an additional 2 cups of sugar. And it was hot and flat :( not to mention that being an actual diabetic this screwed me up all day because my body didn't kick in the right amount of insulin till much later making my blood sugar drop very low very quickly later that night. A muffin could do the trick, but my concern would be that you would need a simple sugar for the test since those cause the quickest, largest spikes in blood sugars than say a complex carb. I would definitely be down for a cinnabon though :) Miss those!